Adolfo saenz yanez



(No Model.)

A. S. YANBZ.

LAMP WICK.

vlafealted Aug. 28, 1888.

INVENTOR wTNBssEs ATTORNEYS.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLFO SAENZ YAEZ, or HAVANA, CUBA.

LAM P-WICK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 388,609, dated August 28, 1888. i

' Application filed September Q3, 1887. Serial No. 250.497. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ADOLFO SAENZ YAEZ, of Havana, Cuba, have invented a new and Improved Lamp-Wick and Holder Therefor, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object ofthe present invention is to so construct and form a lamp-wick and its holder at a very slight expense that the wick will when in use produce a strong, bright, steady and even iame, requiring little or no care to maintain it always in proper condition for use,

and one that will not be consumed; and it con;

sist-s in a constructionY and combination of parts,all as will hereinafter more fully appear, and be pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had t0 the accompanying drawings, forming apart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a side view of the-wick and holder. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section thereof on line a: x of Fig. 1. Fig. 2au is alongitudinal sectional view, to be hereinafter particularly referred to. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal sectional view on theline yy of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a plan view of the construction shown by Fig. 1. Figs. 5 and 6 are views representingthe wick and holder as of annular Ortubular form; and Figs. 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 are viewsl in detail, to be hereinafter referred to.

In carrying out the present invention a strip, A, of wicking of suitable brous mate-4 rial, in which the fibers or capillaries thereof preferably run in substantially longitudinal lines of the wick, is provided, which is entered within and partially through a tube, B, of shape corresponding thereto, aspace, b, being left within the tube at its upper end above the end a. of the wicking-strip, within which space b may be disposed a supplemental tubular casing or mouth-piece, C, with spaces f between its walls and theinner walls ofthe tube B,.said tubular mouthpiece also projecting by its upper end slightly-above the outer end of said wicktube B, and is there supported by lateral wings or lugs h of suitable form and extent to bear between said tube C and the corners or inner walls of the wick-tube,

thereby supporting said tube centrally, said wings h being preferably formed integral with the said mouth-piece C, although they may be The granulated material filling the'space b` 'may be placed therein either in a dry condition, (it soon absorbing or becoming thoroughly saturated with the oil or its vapors drawn up through the fibrous wicking A, or it may be formed into a paste by the mixing therewith of a suitableliquid, such asasmall quantity of the hydrocarbon to be used in thelamp, and in such pasty state placed in the tubespace b.

The walls of the wick-tube B may be provided with apertures or perforations Z Z, arranged therein opposite the fillingfspace b, and when thus constructed when the wick is ignited at the iiame end F the gas or vapors issuing from the apertures Z will also burn thereat in conjunction with the burning at the extreme end of the wick.

The shape or contour of the iiame produced at the end of the wick corresponds to that of the opening in the mouth-piece, and may be variously formed, and, as seen in Figs. 1, 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11, the openings in the various mouth-pieces shown are shaped by their side walls to produce a bar of fiame with respectively a straight and even upper edge, a V or trough edge, a convex or arched, a serrated, an angular or pointed, and a picked edge, or edges of other forms may be similarly produced in accordance with the dictates of fancy;

and in Figs. 5 and 6 the tube wicking-strip and tubular mouth-piece are shown as made in circular for'm capable of producing an annular flame.

A wick constructed as described possesses Vmany advantages, among which may be men tioned that it is simple in construction and cheap of production, effective and satisfactory in operation, producing astrong, brightand even flame, and one which will not easily become ragged or irregular from protracted IOO burning, requires practically no snufing or trimming, the burning not consuming or disintegrating the granulated filling, or should the same in any event become broken away or reduced the supply thereof Withinthe space I) may be easily and quickly replenished.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lett-ers Patent, s-

1. The combination, with the Wick -tube open at both ends, of a supplemental openended easing or mouthpiece Within the outer end of the said tube and of less external diameter than the internal diameter ofthe tube to Yform the longitudinally-ext-ending spacesf between the inner wall of the tube and the outer Wall of the mouth-piece and the spaeing projections or lugs, substantially asset forth.

2. The combination, with the Wick-tube open at bot-l1 ends and having lateral perfora tions and the spacing projections or lugs through it near its upper end, of the mouthpiece extending down within the tube at its upper end to a point just above the perforations, the mouth-piece being open at both ends and of less external diameter than the internal diameter of the tube to form the longitudinally-extending spaces j' between its outer side and the inner side of the tube, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, with the Wick -tube Open at both ends and having the Wick eX- tending up into the tube, and a granular or powdered filling extending from the Wick to the upper end of the tube, of the mouthpiece open at both ends of less diameter than the bore of the tube and embedded in the said filling, and spacing projections or lugs between the mouthpiece and the inner wall of the tube, substantially as set forth.

4. The combination, with the Wick tube open at both ends and having perforations through its Wallsrnear its upper end, and the mouth-piece open at both ends and extending downwardly into the upper end of the tubefto a point adjacent to said perforations, and the spacing projections or lugs between the mouth piece and tube, of the granular or powdered material iilling the upper end ofthe tube toa u point just below the perforations, and also lilling the mouth-piece and space f between it and the inner side ofthe tube, substantially as set forth. r

ADOLFO SAENZ YANEZ. XVitnesses:

EDGAR Turn, EDWD. M. CLARK. 

